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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Lallans
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(Scottish for Lowlands) Term used by *Burns for Scots, the Lowland Scottish dialect of English in which he wrote and which has a tradition going back to writers such as *Dunbar in the 15–16C. In the mid-20C there was an attempt by *MacDiarmid and others to revive it as a literary language.
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